An Egyptian magazine claims that six American Islamist activists who work with the Obama administration are Muslim Brotherhood operatives who enjoy strong influence over U.S. policy.

The Dec. 22 story published in Egypt's Rose El-Youssef magazine (read an IPT translation here) suggests the six turned the White House "from a position hostile to Islamic groups and organizations in the world to the largest and most important supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood."

The story is largely unsourced, but its publication is considered significant in raising the issue to Egyptian readers.

The six named people include: Arif Alikhan, assistant secretary of Homeland Security for policy development; Mohammed Elibiary, a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council; Rashad Hussain, the U.S. special envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference; Salam al-Marayati, co-founder of the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC); Imam Mohamed Magid, president of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA); and Eboo Patel, a member of President Obama's Advisory Council on Faith-Based Neighborhood Partnerships.

Alikhan is a founder of the World Islamic Organization, which the magazine identifies as a Brotherhood "subsidiary." It suggests that Alikhan was responsible for the "file of Islamic states" in the White House and that he provides the direct link between the Obama administration and the Arab Spring revolutions of 2011.

Elibiary, who has endorsed the ideas of radical Muslim Brotherhood luminary Sayyid Qutb, may have leaked secret materials contained in Department of Homeland Security databases, according to the magazine. He, however, denies having any connection with the Brotherhood.

Elibiary also played a role in defining the Obama administration's counterterrorism strategy, and the magazine asserts that Elibiary wrote the speech Obama gave when he told former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to leave power but offers no source or evidence for the claim.

According to Rose El-Youssef, Rashad Hussain maintained close ties with people and groups that it says comprise the Muslim Brotherhood network in America. This includes his participation in the June 2002 annual conference of the American Muslim Council, formerly headed by convicted terrorist financier Abdurahman Alamoudi.

He also participated in the organizing committee of the Critical Islamic Reflection along with important figures of the American Muslim Brotherhood such as Jamal Barzinji, Hisham al-Talib and Yaqub Mirza.

Regarding al-Marayati, who has been among the most influential Muslim American leaders in recent years, the magazine draws connections between MPAC in the international Muslim Brotherhood infrastructure.

Magid heads ISNA, which was founded by Brotherhood members, was appointed by Obama in 2011 as an adviser to the Department of Homeland Security. The magazine says that has also given speeches and conferences on American Middle East policy at the State Department and offered advice to the FBI.

Rose El-Youssef says Patel maintains a close relationship with Hani Ramadan, the grandson of Brotherhood founder Hasan al-Banna, and is a member of the Muslim Students Association, which it identifies as "a large Brotherhood organization."

Reader comments on this item

This article needs to be sent to O'reilly@ Fox News He is unaware of these facts. I tried to send it to him but couldn't.

We need to educate Congress

Submitted by Concerned citizen, Feb 9, 2015 20:27

Both parties tend to retreat into their partisan/ideological corners instead of dealing with facts. President Obama's actions make it crystal clear that he has been severely corrupted by certain influences. How else do you explain his refusal to call very obvious Islamic terror attacks what they are? How else do you explain his refusal to admit the seriousness of the global menace from fundamentalist Islam? How else do you explain his blatant hostility to Israel? How else do you explain his refusal to deal with the recruitment of Islamic militants here at home? Many Republicans act as though they think military force abroad will do the trick. But Islamic militants are being recruited here at home, not just abroad. The corruption of our government, schools, and courts is also taking place. Mass killings and beheadings get newspaper headlines but we are also being attacked in several other ways. We need to educate Congress regarding this fact as well as the general public.

Really ?

Submitted by Nam Marine, Feb 5, 2015 04:15

REALLY Who would have guessed ?

The Fox is Guarding the Henhouse

Submitted by Barbara, Jan 9, 2015 02:36

The Press and the American Public have blinders on when it comes to this President. We really know nothing about this President or the people he's appointed. He has no executive experience and the people who are running him remain shrouded in mystery.

Huma Abedin has been Hillary's closest advisor

Submitted by Arty Cohn, Jul 13, 2014 02:44

Huma Abedin has been Hillary Clinton's deputy chief of staff, and, if pictures are worth thousands of words, Hillary's closest advisor. Huma's mother and brother are high honchos in the Moslem Brotherhood. Her deceased father was an even higher leader of the Islamist organization.

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